Triple
T304942
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Augustin-Jean Fresnel |
E6275
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Hippolyte Fizeau
Hippolyte Fizeau was a 19th-century French physicist best known for making one of the first accurate measurements of the speed of light and for his pioneering work on optical interference and the behavior of light in moving media.
|
E40343
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Hippolyte Fizeau | Statement: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, influenced, Hippolyte Fizeau]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hippolyte Fizeau Context triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, influenced, Hippolyte Fizeau]
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A.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French physicist best known for his pioneering work on the wave theory of light and the invention of Fresnel lenses used in lighthouses.
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B.
Albert A. Michelson
Albert A. Michelson was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise measurements of the speed of light and foundational contributions to experimental physics.
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C.
Paul Langevin
Paul Langevin was a French physicist known for his pioneering work in statistical mechanics, magnetism, and the development of theories describing Brownian motion.
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D.
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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E.
Edward W. Morley
Edward W. Morley was an American chemist and physicist best known for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the landmark Michelson–Morley experiment that challenged the existence of the luminiferous aether and paved the way for modern physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Hippolyte Fizeau Triple: [Augustin-Jean Fresnel, influenced, Hippolyte Fizeau]
Generated description
Hippolyte Fizeau was a 19th-century French physicist best known for making one of the first accurate measurements of the speed of light and for his pioneering work on optical interference and the behavior of light in moving media.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hippolyte Fizeau Target entity description: Hippolyte Fizeau was a 19th-century French physicist best known for making one of the first accurate measurements of the speed of light and for his pioneering work on optical interference and the behavior of light in moving media.
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A.
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French physicist best known for his pioneering work on the wave theory of light and the invention of Fresnel lenses used in lighthouses.
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B.
Albert A. Michelson
Albert A. Michelson was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise measurements of the speed of light and foundational contributions to experimental physics.
-
C.
Paul Langevin
Paul Langevin was a French physicist known for his pioneering work in statistical mechanics, magnetism, and the development of theories describing Brownian motion.
-
D.
Jean Perrin
Jean Perrin was a French physicist who confirmed the atomic nature of matter through his pioneering experimental studies of Brownian motion, work for which he received the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physics.
-
E.
Edward W. Morley
Edward W. Morley was an American chemist and physicist best known for his collaboration with Albert A. Michelson on the landmark Michelson–Morley experiment that challenged the existence of the luminiferous aether and paved the way for modern physics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a2e79230508190b912ecb555aae17e |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea11c4908190a8723033bdf6f479 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3bc2353408190b7658595498895bb |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3bc94ea2c8190b2a0c0bca7af5f94 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3bd0357088190a144c6c408804f30 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 4:13 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.